Jay Kelly, the 14-year-old child of R&B singer R. Kelly, came out as trans last week in a Facebook post — and predictably, the discussion already reeks of cisgender sexism.

News of Kelly's announcement was greeted almost immediately by the type of transphobic language that is, sadly, still too prevalent in American media today. This also displays how badly some journalists, public figures and social media users are failing at accepting and respecting transgender and gender non-conforming youth.

Here's the deal: Jay Kelly is a young man. Get over it.

Via his Ask.fm page, it's clear that Kelly actually began publicly discussing his transgender identity as far back as March. In his answers, Kelly debunks some common misconceptions, and even details his wish to obtain gender affirming surgery. But when the news broke on blogging sites, it quickly became clear that not everyone was a fan.

Kat Callahan over at Jezebel roundly rebuked their coverage. "We can't even get past the title without finding something troubling," Callahan wrote. "First, of course, we don't know when Jay's gender identity formed. If his narrative is like mine or Janet Mock's or any number of trans men I've met, then he has always been a boy."

Perhaps particularly troubling, however, is the fact that these attacks came from blogs operated by African-American women. Such posts reinforce discrimination against black trans people, many of whom face higher levels of bias, poverty and violence than others.

Worthy of note, and despite their own gaps in coverage, Madame Noire, a blog, committed to filtering its story's comments for hate speech.

The relationship between the black community and transgender individuals is a complicated one, of course, and recent events should not be used to perpetuate the idea that blacks are more anti-LGBT than other racial groups. According to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, black trans people who come out are embraced by their family at higher rates than average — which was also the case for Kelly, who pointed out his mother's support.

The media can and must to do better. Case in point, this week on CBS Sunday Morning, during an otherwise refreshing segment about trans youth, Rita Braver labeled a 12-year-old trans girl "biologically born a boy" rather than a person who was born and assigned male gender because of their visible body parts. Braver also provided a platform for the president of a "conservative legal group" to spread misinformation on the issue.

One of few organizations getting it right is the Girl Scouts of America, who publicly affirmed transgender girls' ability to join the ranks in October 2011. The policy reversal came as 7-year-old Bobby Montoya, who identifies and expresses gender as a girl, faced rejection because "he has boy parts." Bobby left the encounter in tears. Yet, the child's heartfelt testimony did not prevent comments like this one.

A transgender boy was allowed to join the Girl Scouts, whose motto has changed from "Be Prepared" to "Be Prepared to Explain that Weenie."

In a separate CNN segment, openly gay anchor Don Lemon and psychologist Alduan Tartt undermined Montoya's gender identity and even the mother's affirmations. "He should not have been allowed interest into the Girl Scouts. It's for girls. It's not for boys that want to be girls," Tartt said, with Lemon adding that Montoya is too young to know how he identifies.

The notion that a cisgender parent can overrule their child's gender identity damages a child's development, forcing painful conformity and a delay in authentic expression until they're an adult. It also denies young people — including Bobby Montoya and Jay Kelly — a right that many adults take for granted: the freedom of self-determination. The American Psychological Association encourages a "gender affirmative approach," cautioning against forcing gender conformity for kids. Doing so, the organization says, may cause behavioral problems, depression and even suicidal thoughts.